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KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)
’ve always loved Spawn as a character but loved his design even more. It took me about 15 hours total to complete. It’s also the first suit that I completely sewn myself so I’m proud of that. For fans of the character it’s always excitement. Not only do they get to see a rare Spawn…
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MelPool (Washington DC)
So last year when I was with my family over Christmas break, I binge watched Young Justice on Netflix. When YJ first came out I was still super busy with school and never got around to watching it, but after I finally binge watched it I was blown away by how deep the story and…
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IAN (Dallas, TX)
I was reading the comic Young Avengers when it re-launched from Marvel. It was not only super funny but super insightful about gender norms and race. As a black nerd these types of issues are often overlooked for more typical “white male burden issues”. So I knew i wanted to do a character from the…
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@theblackbard (Chicago, IL)
I’m a fashion designer and have always been a nerd/gaymer. But until about 8 years ago I never knew that cons existed, or that people dressed up to go to them. I made clothes and costumes all the time, but I never knew this world existed. My first con was Animazement, and I cosplayed Barret from…
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TrisRex (Chicago, IL)
Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, TrisRex was enamored by horror/sci-fi films, ad comics at a young age. He’s best known for his dark and moody take on well-known DC Comics characters paired with horror elements such as his take on Swamp Thing titled “The Green”. Listen as we take a deep…
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Shiratori Hime Cosplay (New Orleans, LA)
I’ve been a fan of Steven Universe since the very beginning. Mega Pearl spoke to me in terms of the acceptance of oneself. This cosplay was initially made during lockdown. It started out as a just because cosplay with no intention of competing in it. Later on once I decided enter MP into a contest,…
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Brandon (Orlando, FL)
I found out about cosplay and conventions from my Vice President from the Japanese Culture Club, when we were in High School. I mostly knew only the culture side of things involving Japan, but she showed me everything, from the anime communities, to costumes, and events. Sadly, he is no longer with us anymore… If…
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Lisa Lake (Atlanta, GA)
Photo: shotbyryandee I am an African American cosplayer and there is very little African American representation in certain genres, so I love to take well known characters and add my own cultural influence. It means a lot to me to have opportunities to show that cosplay can be inclusive and have diversity and that you…
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Subaru Camui (Las Vegas, NV)
So my cosplay origin story started back when I was in fifth grade. I was 10 and my mom told me she couldn’t afford to get me a Halloween costume that year. So I stayed up all night being really sad about it and then suddenly I had an idea. So I ran around my…
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Gerald (Nashville, TN)
Gerald of SPN Creative & Mage TV It all started back at a convention called Omnicon in Cookeville, TN back in 2012. I ran into a group of Kingdom Hearts cosplayers who were in the middle of a small photoshoot. I was working with an Aiptek digital recorder at the time and decided to give the video…
